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There was, as always, an ulterior motive involved in changing threads...

It's an opportunity to wish a VERY happy birthday to my beloved Scribbler~ whose presence and elegant contributions are so very much appreciated. May the coming year bring you and Clan Scribbler the richest of blessings.

And a double wish goes to the world renowned Of Troy, she who has been immortalized in the annals of AWAD news. May the fortuitous timing of your newfound fame be a harbinger of a serendipitous year to come

*hugs* to both of our special birthday members.

Thank you B96-- and a very happy birthday to you Scribbler! I wish every one the kind of day i am having– it beautiful-- clear skies, warm breezes, almost tropical (85 degrees f.)
The cherry blossoms are in bloom, as are the apples, and lilac will begin to scent the air in a day or two.. It is a glorious spring day!

Happy Birthday, my dear! What a wonderful, wonderful day
to have been born on! Enjoy, and congratulations!

I approach with all timidity, to be allowed to wish you a
glorious, delightful anniversary-of-your-birth day.
May you enjoy MANY more.
Thank you for gracing all of us with your honored presence.
I am at your feet.

Happy birthday to you both. And Bhudda, too - what a trio.

A fragrant lei of love to the May First children : of Troy and Scribler.

Hooray! Hooray!
The first of May!
Outdoor frolic starts today!
Hugs and kisses.
wow

Happy Birthday to our "All-glorious Helen of Troy, and, may I speak for both of us who share this natal-day,thanks to all of our AWAD friends who have kindly sent felicitations to us. Your well-wishes mitigate the concerns concomitant with ever advancing years (although, as often noted, such concerns are devoutly to be wished when "The Grim Alternative" is considered. Thanks to all for your thoughtfulness. Helen, we share this natal day with one another, but it is also a day celebrated for thousands of years. Let's share "our day" with all and celebrate, again, another annual resurrection of Spring. Let G. Chaucer pronounce the "invocation" and then let the festivities begin:

In reply to:

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"Whan that the month of May
Is comen, and that I here the foules synge,
And that the floures gynnen for to spryngen.
Farewel my bok, and my devocioun"

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"Farewell my book, Geoff?" but a summer-trash read is, in this enlightened century sometimes acceptable. And of course we will be permitted to "Check the Board." Let's take off a day or two, or perhaps a Spring and Summer to enjoy the weather.

Time out to celebrate! Our guests are arriving! I have not overlooked my annual reading of "Ulysses" (Tennyson). A bit later this evening (as Time permits), I'll post an abbreviated version (the "good parts") for you and me, Helen, and for any others seeking encouragement against advancing years. Scribbler

The above Post was, somehow, inadvertently duplicated in this space. That duplication has been deleted and this Explanatory Note inserted in lieu thereof.

O.K., Helen, I'll type and we'll both read and anyone who wishes may read as well. Of course, we RECOMMEND the entire work, but, if you're in a hurry, read on:

Ulysses - - Alfred Tennyson

It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Matched with an aged wife, I METE AND DOLE
UNEQUAL LAWS UNTO A SAVAGE RACE,
THAT HOARD, AND FEED, AND SLEEP, AND KNOW NOT ME.

I cannot rest from travel; I WILL DRINK
LIFE TO THE LEES!: .....................
.........................I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have I seen and known;cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments
Myself not least, but honoured of them all;
And drunk delight with my peers,
Far on the ringing plains OF (windy) TROY.

I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough
Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.
HOW DULL IT IS TO PAUSE, TO MAKE AN END,
TO RUST UNBURNISHED, NOT TO SHINE IN USE
AS THOUGH TO BREATHE WERE LIFE .........


There lies the port; the vesel puffs her sail;
There gleam the dark broad seas. ...........
.................you and I are old;
OLD AGE HATH YET HIS HONOR AND HIS TOIL;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
SOME WORK OF NOBLE NOTE, MAY YET BE DONE,
not unbecoming men that strove with gods

(AND Goddesses, Cara Dea,)

..........................COME, MY FRIENDS,
TIS NOT TOO LATE TO SEEK A NEWER WORLD.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
of all the western stars, until I die.

THOUGH MUCH IS TAKEN , MUCH ABIDES; AND THOUGH
WE ARE NOT NOW THAT STRENGTH WHICH IN OLD DAYS
MOVED EARTH AND HEAVEN; THAT WHICH WE ARE, WE ARE;
ONE EQUAL TEMPER OF HEROIC HEARTS,
MADE WEAK BY TIME AND FATE, BUT STRONG IN WILL
TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, TO FIND, AND NOT TO YIELD.

Here endeth this Birthday Scripture!

Scribbler

THOUGH MUCH IS TAKEN , MUCH ABIDES; AND THOUGH
WE ARE NOT NOW THAT STRENGTH WHICH IN OLD DAYS
MOVED EARTH AND HEAVEN; THAT WHICH WE ARE, WE ARE;
ONE EQUAL TEMPER OF HEROIC HEARTS,
MADE WEAK BY TIME AND FATE, BUT STRONG IN WILL
TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, TO FIND, AND NOT TO YIELD.

Thank you, O revered one.

Rouspeteur, Sweet greeting to you on this day in May-- with many more happy returns...

Rapunzel-- and a joyous day to you to, on the morrow, when I will not be on line..

Happy birthday, both!

May it be the start of another good year, for whatever is dear to your hearts.

Scribbler joins in sending birthday greetings to both of you, fortunate enough to share a glorious spring month for a celebration of natal days.

Thank you everybody for your birthday wishes. I had a lovely day!

Happy Birthday, Marianna =)

To those of you who have been relying on the list in the other birthday thread:

i've deleted the other birthday list, so that i only have to edit one post each time a new birthday comes in. There've been a few added lately, and if i've missed anyone, please send me a PM.

~b

april 22 :
hedonist.

Our musick is the food of love, so play on for many years to come. Happy Birthday.

Bingley

Happy Birthday, hedonist. Live up to your name on this special day.
By the way, what happens if you put your hed on last?

Rod

Oops, only a month late. I was only half awake. Never mind I hope you enjoyed the day!

Dearest Musick,

Hope your day is filled with good friends, good words & good times. (and a really good beer or two later!)
Have a wonderful birthday!

Satin

Musick
Happy Birthday Dear.
Your a very special person.
...a really good beer or two later... I'll even buy if your still celebrating at the end of your day.

CJ

Music and poetry, under the stars, that's my wish for you!

Many, many happy moments on your birthday! Musick..

chronist

Musick:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY ... hope you received some interesting presents!
wow

Happy Birthday Kev!!!! i'LL raise a stOut in yOur hOnOr tOday =)

Happy Birthday Musick. I won't be a month late with this one. Have a great day,
Rod

Thank you all for your wonderful wishes.

I'll be sitting in the upper deck behind first base in the friendly confines tonight, waitin' for some slammin'...

Bingley - I've only just begun...

Happy Birthday, my Musick

Since I have inside information that tells me that there is little chance that our satin will be at a computer on her birth anniversary (and I know she won't be here the day before), let me start this a li'l bit early by offering the "Happiest Birthday of them All" wishes.

CHEERS!

how perfectly timed! I just commented in a PM that this thread should be revived-- Many happy returns of the day to Satin-- and my most abject apologies to all those whose birthday's i missed!

25 October

consuelo

I'll second HoT comments. Fond regards to all as you hit your personal buffers!

Today is yer birthday! (guitar break)...So Happy Birthday to ya! (guitar break)...You're gonna have a good time! --The Beatles (of course!)

To all who are enjoying the blessing of a Spring or early summer birthday! Bask in the splendor of your life's celebration!

WhitmanO'Neill
Dec. 27

Satin, have a lovely birthday. If you've found something better than AWAD to do, it's going to be a real smasher.

Bingley

Happy Birthday, satin!

I'm still waiting for my partner to git down to business and have our baby (due date was yesterday - eep!). But there's a decent chance that while you're away from AWAD celebrating your birth, I'll be away from AWAD celebrating (or assisting with) another.

Here's to Satin and Rodward ... raise your glass to their health and happiness.

To everyone - Thank you for your kind wishes.

As I will be in Florida for the next week, I will be having my normal case of AWAD withdrawal-ARGGGH, but I will be with my daughter so I will try not to miss you all too much.

To Hyla: Good Luck! I will be thinking of you.

To Bingley: When I leave Florida next Thursday, the only thing I will be thinking is I can't wait to see what I missed here. That will last until I log on and find out that it will probably take me two weeks just to catch up.

H*ppy B*rthd*y to R*dw*rd!

Bingley

rodward - I hope your B-day is filled with wishes come true!

Cheers!

Good to see this is still being edited

Do we know some of the newcomers' birthdays? [innocent eyes]

I could try asking archie, if he is 'tected around the place again

Happy birthday Faldage. Two days to celebrate in a row !

Bingley

Thank you Bingley. And on the day I was born we celebrated them both together.

Happy Birthday Anniversary.

Happy birthday with Many more happy returns

we celebrated them both together.

And neither detracts from the specialness of the other - unlike having a near-Christmas b'day! Happy day, Faldage!

unlike having a near-Christmas b'day

My cousin was born on Christmas. He used to get, e.g., a pair of socks for a present, one sock for his birthday and the other for Christmas.

Thanks to all the well wishers

May I join the well wishers, Faldage? don't fall in!

Happy birthday to George, my dog.

ScOtT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR name obscured for the protection of the introverted,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!


XOXOXO

nancyk

Double celebratory wishes for a happy birthday and a "member"-ship that came just in time!!!

Happy Birthday to all the August Babies ... you are all truly august : dignified, inspiring reverence and admiration, all worthy of praise.

Happy birthday nancyk - may you be sharing delightful words with those you love.

Thank you, all, for your wonderful, warm well-wishes

nancyk

Belated birthday bobulations to nancyk. And what better birthday present could there be than membership?

Bingley

Happy Birthday tomorrow to my delightful Rubrick! Sweet One, I am so glad to see posts from you again!

P.S.--caradea regrets that she will be out of town for the occasion, and asked me to wish you a happy day.

Happy birthday Rubrick - and since b96 is also not here tomorrow, she asked me to pass on her felicitations too


Since I shall quite likely be vanishing for a few days too, I shall also take this chance of wishing our favourite hobo a hiday - happy birthday, CK!

Because I am notorious among friends and family for belated birthday wishes, I'd better seize the opportunity to wish my fellow August-borns, Rubrick and Cap K, a very happy day!

Happy birthday Rubrick. Come and see us more often, will you?

Bingley

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CK!

And a capital birthday to our small flightless bird that has nevertheless winged his way half way round the globe.

Bingley

April 23, in a time long ago

Well, Musick, I think I'll have to run that up a flagpole and see who salutes it. It may be a compliment, it may not.

Thanks, I think!

Well, thank you to you and to everyone else who has sent me birthday greetings. Although advancing old age hardly seems like a reason for celebration.

advancing old age hardly seems like a reason for celebration

Beats the hell out of the alternative, Cap!

And Happy Birthday to all the August children.

august : Inspiring awe or admiration; majestic: the august presence of the monarch. See synonyms at grand.
Venerable for reasons of age or high rank Atomica

AUGH!
We missed two people already! Happy Belated, Erle and des.
Sorry. I knew there was something I should have been thinking about...

"I'm late, I'm late for a very important date!" - the Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.

Happy belated birthday to the early birds and a felicitous greeting to all September's children.

uh . . . who's Erle?

As I might not get the chance to be here tomorrow (Tuesday), birthday felicitations to our young canine. How old are you now in dog years, Jim?

Bingley

Happy Birthday, Sweetie! (I think he's 2, Bingley.)

Happy birthday, Jim - grab hold of life with both hands and prove the cynics wrong that youth is wasted on the young!

Thanks, guys. I'm 98 in dog years.
First thing I thought when I woke up was "yes, it's before six."

Happy Birthday, jimthedog! In dog years, you may be 98 but in people years you are very wise to choose these fine folks as friends to hang out with. I hope you get to do something fun today anyway.

I would like to wish Ladymoon a happy birthday as I won't be near a computer tomorrow.

http://salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/08/01/birthday/index.html

HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomorrow to my lovely Dr. Bill.
I love you!

Happy b'day to all the Bs: Dr. Bill, Bingley and belMarduk - all of whom will be celebrating while I'm away on vacation. Many, many happy wishes to all of you !

nancyk

To Kev, from Keiv --
Musick, the upper deck? The nosebleed section? Pop for the best seats available -- my treat! And when they start singing "Take Me out to the Ball Game", do your best Harry Carey imitation!

Happy Birthday Dr. Bill. I hope it's the first of many we can share with you.

Bingley